The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our ...

The coastal marten is about the size of a ferret and lives in heavily wooded forests.

Scientists from Oregon State University looked at coastal martens in the town of Klamath for three months ...

Scientists studying an amber collection from the Goethe National Museum in the German town of Weimar have made a remarkable ...

The contents of an ancient wolf pup's stomach yields surprising clues into the genetic lineage of extinct species.

Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford has shown that the shape and orientation of coastlines ...

The remains of a 14,400-year-old woolly rhinoceros recovered from an Ice Age wolf's stomach have given new clues about the demise of the species. Analysis of the rhino's genome suggests the extinct ...

Two ancient wolf pups found entombed in Siberian permafrost more than a decade ago are revealing new stories, thanks to rich DNA clues preserved inside their bodies. In a first, researchers found a ...